Every February in California, the almond trees bloom, sparking a massive migration of commercial beekeepers to the Golden State. With box hives stacked high onto semi-truck trailers, they transport their honeybee colonies to almond orchards in the Sacramento and San Joaquin areas of California’s Central Valley, renting the little workers out to farmers. In recent decades, this practice has grown to become the largest managed pollination effort in the world, sometimes called the ‘Super Bowl of beekeeping.’
A tale of almonds and bees
Today in History
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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Chocolate Hills
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Songkran—Thai New Year
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You won’t see this on Mulberry Street
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Gemsbok in Namibian sand dunes
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American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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National Panda Day
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Of balloons and lost pantaloons
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National Park Week: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
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It s Census Day—make it count
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Talampaya National Park, Argentina
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Put your flippers in the air…
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Lunar eclipse
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Fresh water on the Silk Road
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Art in the high desert
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You re feeling sleepy
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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Autumn’s swan song
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The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
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National Love a Tree Day
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Into the woods
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Siblings Day
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Spine-cheeked anemonefish in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
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Colorful houses of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Atlantic puffin, Iceland
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In the valley of the doll
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South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida
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